FONTANA, Calif. – Matt Kenseth took control in the closing laps Saturday night at California Speedway, driving off with his fourth NASCAR Busch Series victory in 12 tries on the 2-mile oval.

Casey Mears gave a big effort to try to catch Kenseth at the end, but the Roush Fenway Racing driver wouldn’t let Mears get close enough for a serious challenge, driving across the finish line about five lengths ahead.

“It was really a lot of fun,” said Kenseth, who earned his 22nd Busch victory in his 200th series start. “I owe a lot of this to my former teammates Mark Martin and Jeff Burton. I learned a lot about these tracks from them.”

Kenseth, giving Jack Roush his first win since he sold half his team to Fenway Sports Group earlier this month, took the lead with a pass of Burton, now driving for Richard Childress Racing, on lap 129 of the 150-lap event.

The 2003 NASCAR Cup champion and winner of last February’s Cup race here led the rest of the way.

Skinner wins; Martin disappointed again

FONTANA, Calif. – Mark Martin lost another heartbreaker Friday night.

Five days after being passed on the last lap and losing to Kevin Harvick by the length of a hood in the Daytona 500, Martin was dominating the NASCAR Craftsman Truck race at California Speedway before Ron Hornaday Jr. bumped him out of the lead on a restart with five laps to go.

Former series champion Mike Skinner jumped past Hornaday into the lead before the caution flag came out and stayed out front, earning his 20th truck victory.